June 2024 Listings

June 30, 2024

An Impressive 1900 Brick Mansion in Madison, $549,900

415 W. Academy Street, Madison, Rockingham County
The Robert P. Wall House

5 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 4,156 square feet, 0.76 acre
Price/square foot: $132
Last sale: $354,000, January 2021

A striking house, although most of the historic character has been renovated away inside. A 1903 deed referred to the property as the “R.P. Wall home place.” Few clues about him exist online. The Reidsville Review reported on April 10, 1900, that “Mr. R.P. Wall, of Madison, is very ill. He is one of the town’s best citizens.” Sadly, they missed the opportunity 10 days later to write his obituary.

June 30, 2024

A Ragged Little 1920 Cottage in Rural Hall, $85,000

2064 Rural Hall-Germanton Road, Rural Hall, Forsyth County

2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 780 square feet, 0.38 acre
Price/square foot: $109
Built in 1920
Last sale: $17,500, September 1985

Listing: “Public Water Sewer Coming in 2025.” No central air conditioning, wood stove for heat.

June 29, 2024

A Lawyer-FBI Agent-Diplomat’s 1940’s Home in Greensboro’s Irving Park, $899,000

201 Country Club Drive, Greensboro
The Roy and Rosamund Morgan House
Blog post (October 2021) — The Roy and Rosamund Morgan House in Greensboro: 1940’s Home of a Distinguished Lawyer-FBI Agent-Diplomat, $863,000
Listing withdrawn June 7, 2022; relisted June 29, 2024

$899,000 (originally $863,000, later $825,000)
4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 3,058 square feet, 0.46 acre
Price/square foot: $294
Built in 1939 (per county, see note)
Listed October 11, 2021
Last sale: $427,500, April 1999

The address doesn’t appear in the city directory until 1942, suggesting a date of 1941 or 1942 for the house. The property was bought in 1940 by Roy Leonard Morgan (1908-1985) and Rosamund Woodruff Morgan (1901-1995); they owned it until 1965. Roy was a special agent with the FBI and a lawyer with Brooks, McLendon and Holderness. Those jobs were the start a remarkable career that included working as a war-crimes investigator, intelligence analyst and advisor to the prime minister of Japan. He also served on the Greensboro City Council.

June 29, 2024

A 1920s House In Greensboro’s Westerwood, $395,000

612 Guilford Avenue, Greensboro

Originally a single-family house, now divided into three units (bedrooms and bathrooms not specified), 1,958 square feet, 0.17 acre
Price/square foot: $202
Built in 1920
Listed June 29, 2024
Last sale: $90,000, October 2017

The home’s original owners were John Jasper Phoenix (1867-1951) and Christina Forsyth Phoenix (1870-1940). J.J. had operated the company store for Cone Mills and was vice president of the Textile Bank, led by Julius W. Cone. He left around 1920 to become superintendent of the N.C. Children’s Home Society, a position he held for about 20 years. A longtime Mason, he was named grand master of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina in 1929. He played a significant role in the establishment of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home in Greensboro.

June 28, 2024

A Notable, and Large, 1918 Bungalow in Reidsville’s Historic District, $449,900

312 Maple Avenue, Reidsville, Rockingham County

3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms (see note), 3,192 square feet, 0.30 acre
Price/square foot: $141
Built in 1918
Last sales: $203,000 on March 2024; $210,622, December 2023
Neighborhood: Old Post Road Historic District (local), Reidsville Historic District (NR); next door to the Penn House

“[T]his handsome one and one-half story frame bungalow was an attractive addition to the landscape as a somewhat unusual example of the style. Set on a well-shaded, elevated lot with a stone retaining wall, the house features a clipped gable side roof, a wide shed dormer with exposed rafter ends and a smaller shed attic dormer layered above.”

June 28, 2024

A Spanish revival bungalow in Reidsville, $164,900

1506 Courtland Avenue, Reidsville, Rockingham County

$164,900
2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,295 square feet, 0.37 acre
Price/square foot: $127
Built in 1952
Last sales: $150,000, January 2023; $60,000, August 2022; $30,491, June 2022; $56,800, June 2021; $57,000, 2018

Most of the historic character has been lost in the interior, but the exterior retains its distinctive style, which is relatively uncommon in the region. This would be the fourth year in a row for a sale of the house.

June 27, 2024

Three relatively affordable Bungalows in Winston-Salem

112 E. Sprague Street, Winston-Salem

$289,000
2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,592 square feet, 0.17 acre
Price/square foot: $182
Built in 1919
Last sale: $98,000, August 2006
Neighborhood: “hip, Historic Sunnyside”
Agent hype: “Instagram-ready”

The original owners were Edward Evans Turner (1880-1953) and Edith Belle Snead Turner (1890-1965), listed at the address from 1921. Edward was a clerk and later a salesman at Rominger Furniture. They lived in the house until Edward’s death in 1953. They had four daughters. Two died in infancy; the others lived to be 90 and 92.

2322 Glenn Avenue N., Winston-Salem

$249,900
3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,256 square feet, 0.20 acre
Price/square foot: $199
Built in 1929
Last sale: $100,000, December 2023

Caveat emptor — quickie flipped house. But at least they didn’t replace the windows and floors.

5301 Yadkinville Road, Winston-Salem

$219,900
3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,404 square feet, 1.41 acres
Price/square foot: $157
Built in 1930
Last sale: $77,000, November 2012

Located between Pfafftown and Vienna. It has a Winston-Salem mailing address.

June 26, 2024

A 1914 Colonial Revival in Greensboro’s College Hill, $365,000

621 S. Mendenhall Street, Greensboro

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,768 square feet, 0.12 acre
Price/square foot: $206
Built in 1914
Last sales: $226,000, May 2020; $115,000, September 1999

The 2020 listing said the property had a garden cottage converted to recording studio. This time, it’s a “detached studio … the perfect space for a home office, gym, art studio, playroom.” The original owners were Samuel B. Matlock (1866-1954) and Mary Elizabeth Parker Matlock (1878-1956). Samuel was president of the nearby West End Hose Company. He worked as a plaster contractor and later ran a grocery store. They lived across the street at 620 S. Mendenhall.

June 25, 2024

One of the Wall Family’s Houses in Wallburg, $385,000

8827 N.C. Highway 109 N., Wallburg, Davidson County
The Wall-Bagnal House

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,442 square feet, 0.93 acre
Price/square foot: $158
Built in 1890
Last sales: $350,000, August 2023; $300,000, November 2020

The property has a Winston-Salem mailing address but is located at the corner of N.C. 109 and Motsinger Road in Wallburg. The house was built by George W. Wall, as was the bigger house across the street, which is listed on the National Register. The Wall family was the namesake of Wallburg.

June 23, 2024

An 1892 Mansion in Troy, $499,000

115 S. Pearl Street, Troy, Montgomery County

6 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, 4,978 square feet (per county), 0.42 acres
Price/square foot: $100
Built in 1892
Listed July 2019; withdrawn February 2022; relisted June 23, 2024
Last sale: Possibly 1910, can’t be determined from online sources.

For sale by owner. The photos included in the listing are disappointing. Two additional lots are also available. One has an 18-car garage.

June 23, 2024

A 1923 House in Greensboro’s Dunleath Historic District, $350,000

711 Park Avenue, Greensboro

4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,761 square feet, 0.16 acre
Price/square foot: $199
Built around 1923
Last sales: $260,000, March 2021; $273,622, October 2014 (foreclosure); $30,000, August 2006

The original owners were James A. Bangle, a superintendent at Proximity Mill and a prolific buyer and seller of real estate, and Mary Emma Myers Bangle. They lived in the house until they sold it in 1925.

June 22, 2024

A 1926 Mansion in Greensboro’s Irving Park, $1.995 Million

203 Wentworth Drive, Greensboro

5 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, 2 half-bathrooms, 5,339 square feet, 0.67 acre
Price/square foot: $374
Built in 1926
Last sales: $1.2 million, June 2019; $480,000, September 1985
Neighborhood: Irving Park Historic District (NR)

The property includes a guest house and a detached two-car garage. District NR nomination: “The Merritt House is a two-story brick Colonial Revival dwelling typical of the 1920s. It has a gable roof with a modillioned cornice, a five-bay facade and a central classical entrance with a pedimented porch. On the east side of the house is a one-story sun room, and on the west side is a one-story porch, both with balustraded roof decks.”

June 21, 2024

A High Point Architect’s Own 1956 MCM Home, $385,000

1405 Emerywood Drive, High Point
The Robert and Elizabeth Connor House

3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 1,904 square feet, 0.97 acre
Price/square foot: $202
Last sale: $155,000, June 2000
Neighborhood: Emerywood

Designed by modernist architect Robert Connor as his residence. “An avid environmentalist, Bob blended his home with its heavily wooded site with western red cedar sheathing and a low roofline. Walls are built of historic bricks salvaged from a demolished downtown building.” (NC Modernist)

June 20, 2024

An executive’s Huge MCM Classic in Winston-Salem, $2.2 Million

2850 Galsworthy Drive, Winston-Salem

6 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 7,250 square feet, 2.2 acres
Price/square foot: $303
Built in 1964
Last sale: $860,000, May 2012

The listing says it was featured in Architectural Digest. An excellent example of Mid-Century Modern, its first owner was a high-profile Winston-Salem executive and civic leader for decades. The second was a member of the Pulitzer family.

June 20, 2024

A Fourth Glencoe Mill village House in a Week, $275,000

2440 Hodges Road, Glencoe Mill Village, Alamance County

2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,356 square feet, 0.5 acres
Price/square foot: $203
Built in 1900 (according to county property records)
Last sales: $210,000, November 2020; $45,500, June 2002
HOA: $55/month

Few Glencoe houses have come onto the market in recent years, but this is the fourth in a week. The owners of the other three have all accepted offers.

June 20 2024

Two 1928 Homes in Winston-Salem

1601 W. Academy Street, Winston-Salem
The Gluck House

$324,900
4 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 1,792 square feet, 0.20 acre
Price/square foot: $181
Built in 1928
Last sale: $190,000, August 2008
Neighborhood: Ardmore Historic District

District NR nomination: “Colonial Revival. Two story; side gable; brick; six-over-one, double-hung sash; arched hood at entry on brackets; side porch.”

116 W. Sprague Street, Winston-Salem

$375,000
3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,948 square feet, 0.17 acre
Price/square foot: $193
Built in 1928
Last sale: $179,000, January 2016

Located a block south of the Washington Park Historic District and a block west of the Sunnyside-Central Terrace Historic District.

June 20, 2024

A 1920 Foursquare in Reidsville, $284,900

511 Patrick Street, Eden, Rockingham County

4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,254 square feet, 0.22 acre
Price/square foot: $126
Built in 1920
Last sales: $208,500, April 2021; $122,500, July 2000
Neighborhood: Central Leaksville Historic District

District NRHP nomination: “A good example of the Foursquare style, this frame house exhibits the typical characteristics of a two-story, box-like shape, topped with a low hipped roof and wide overhanging eaves.”

June 19, 2024

The Bingham House, an 1845 National Register Property in Orange County, $2.75 Million

6720 Mebane Oaks Road, Orange County
The William J. Bingham House

$2.75 million (originally $2.95 million)
5 bedrooms, 6 1/2 bathrooms, 5,906 square feet, 12.50 acres
Price/square foot: $466
Built in 1845
Last sale: $400,000, December 1994
Neighborhood: Bingham School complex, just off N.C. 54 about 4 miles east of Saxapahaw and 12 miles west of Chapel Hill. It has a Mebane mailing address but is in Orange County.

In 1845, William James Bingham moved the Bingham School here from north of Hillsborough. “The Bingham School complex includes a number of buildings from several eras: a large, expansive, multi-stage house, a contemporary smokehouse and well house, and several later outbuildings. … The oldest portion of the house is the rear ell, which antedates Bingham ownership and appears to date from the early nineteenth century.”

June 18, 2024

A 1971 Mid-Century Modern — Maybe — In High Point, $249,900

503 Overbrook Drive, High Point

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,740 square feet, 0.22 acre
Price/square foot: $144
Last sale: $100,000, June 2013

The exterior is intriguing. Is it an MCM waiting to be discovered? Or not? The agent says she won’t be posting any photos of the interior, so there’s no way to know for sure until the open house on Saturday.

Update, June 22, 2024: An open-house visit to the house confirms it’s an undocumented MCM. Photos have been added to document.

June 18, 2024

Two Bungalows in the Mount Airy Historic District

302 Spring Street, Mount Airy, Surry County

$290,000
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,848 square feet, 0.66 acre
Price/square foot: $157
Built in 1906
Last sale: $143,500, August 2016
Neighborhood: Mount Airy Historic District (local and NR)

Across the street from Blackmon Amphitheatre.

424 Spring Street, Mount Airy, Surry County

Auction scheduled for Tuesday June 25, 2024, 10 a.m., Surry County Courthouse
3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,987 square feet (per county), 0.19 acre
Price/square foot: NA
Built in 1938
Last sale: $179,000, February 2021
Neighborhood: Mount Airy Historic District (local and NR)

The photos above are from auction.com and Google Street View (2022).

June 17, 2024

A 1911 Dutch Colonial in Greensboro’s College Hill, $490,000

1010 W. McGee Street, Greensboro
The Everett Byerly House

5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,325 square feet
Price/square foot: $211
Built in 1911
Last sales: $375,000 on July 1, 2021; $108,000, June 1993

The house is next door to Greensboro College. The current owner has used it as a short-term rental. It has had only four owners in 113 years.

June 17, 2024

Two Relatively Affordable Bungalows

128 Carolina Avenue, Asheboro, Randolph County

$259,000
2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,514 square feet, 0.35 acre
Price/square foot: $171
Built in 1940
Last sale: $173,000, November 2021

4647 Shattalon Drive, Winston-Salem

$199,900
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,696 square feet, 0.35 acre
Price/square foot: $118
Built in 1932
Last sale: $220,000, October 2023

The listed price is lower than what the owners paid in 2023. The owner is an LLC in Charlotte.

June 16, 2024

Three Bungalows in Winston-Salem Historic Districts

2216 S. Main Street, Winston-Salem

$409,000
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,365 square feet, 0.17 acre
Price/square foot: $300
Built in 1924
Last sale: $185,000, March 2020
Neighborhood: Sunnyside-Central Terrace Historic District (NR)

934 W. Walnut Street, Winston-Salem

$350,000
2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,846 square feet, 0.17 acre
Price/square foot: $190
Built in 1927
Last sale: $147,000, June 2016
Neighborhood: West Salem Historic District (NR)

806 W. Bank Street, Winston -Salem

$190,000
2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,008 square feet, 0.11 acre
Price/square foot: $188
Built in 1915
Last sale: $72,000, September 2020
Neighborhood: West Salem Historic District (NR)

June 16, 2024

A 1929 Cottage in Greensboro’s Latham Park, $420,000

1203 W. Northwood Street, Greensboro

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,040 square feet, 0.22 acre
Price/square foot: $206
Built circa 1929
Last sale: $272,500, July 2019

On the exterior, a picture-perfect cottage; on the interior, every trace of historic materials, design and character have been eliminated except the hardwood floors.

June 15, 2024

A 1920 Colonial Revival in Winston-Salem’s West End, $825,000

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618 Summit Street, Winston-Salem
The Thomas-Welch House

4 bedrooms, 5 1/2 bathrooms, 3,199 square feet, 0.22 acre
Price/square foot: $258
Listed June 14, 2023
Last sale: $522,500, July 2012
Neighborhood: West End Historic District (local and NR)

District NR nomination: “The well-designed Colonial Revival Thomas-Welch House was chosen for inclusion in the 1924 publication Art Work of Piedmont Section of North Carolina, a collection of photographs of buildings and parks in Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point, and Charlotte.”

June 15, 2024

A 1923 Home in Kernersville, $549,777

407 W. Mountain Street, Kernersville, Forsyth County

4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,977 square feet, 0.32 acre
Price/square foot: $278
Built in 1923
Last sale: $245,000, March 2023

June 15, 2024

A 1910 Farmhouse on 5 Acres near Asheboro, $425,000

1345 Old Liberty Road, Asheboro, Randolph County

5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,140 square feet, 5.66 acres
Price/square foot: $199
Built in 1910
Last sale: $84,500, November 1995

Located just northeast of Asheboro before you get to the Deep River, across the street from Central Falls Baptist Church. For some reason, the online listings describe it as being in Randleman.

June 14, 2024

In Old Salem, A Hat-Maker’s Distinctive 1829 House, $795,000

517 S. Main Street, Old Salem, Winston-Salem

3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 1,856 square feet, 0.11 acre
Price/square foot: $428
Last sale: $360,000, September 2016

It’s one of only two homes in Old Salem with a second-story porch over the sidewalk. “Lot 32 was used as pasture early and then later for firewood storage by the bakery on Lot 31 next door. In 1825 the Single Brother Adam Butner was granted permission to construct a shop on vacant Lot 32 and to establish himself as a hat maker in Salem.”

June 14, 2024

An 1856 Farmhouse on 24 Acres in Caswell County, $495,000

274 Bethesda Church Road, Caswell County

3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,652 square feet, 24.79 acres
Price/square foot: $300
Built in 1856
Last sale: $82,500, October 1990

Located just south of U.S. 158, about 10 miles west of Yanceyville and 8 miles east of Ruffin. It has a Ruffin mailing address. The property includes a barn with hayloft, tool shed, corn crib, tractor shed and an old detached kitchen. There is also a 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom mobile home on the property.

June 14, 2024

A Small 1959 Mid-Century Modern in Greensboro, $210,000

3300 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro
The Ernest and Stella Gulley House

$210,000
3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, 1,221 square feet, 0.29 acre
Price/square foot: $174
Built in 1959
Last sales: $151,500, September 2021; $120,000, July 2020
Neighborhood: Rankin

June 14, 2024

An 1895 Restoration Project in Troy, $219,900

222 W. Chestnut Street, Troy, Montgomery County

4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,242 square feet, 1.17 acres
Price/square foot: $98
Built in 1895
Last sales: $172,000, February 2022; $48,000, October 2019

June 13, 2024

Three Restored Houses in Glencoe Mill Village Listed in a Single Day

2456 Glencoe Street, Glencoe Mill Village, Alamance County

$240,000
2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,248 square feet, 0.29 acre
Price/square foot: $192
Built in 1900
Listed June 13, 2024
Last sale: $159,000, May 2021; $95,000, July 2011
HOA: $55/month

There have been few Glencoe houses put up for sale in recent years. To see three go on the market in one day is extraordinary.

2457 Glencoe Street, Glencoe Mill Village, Alamance County

$275,000
2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,654 square feet, 0.29 acre
Price/square foot: $166
Built in 1885
Last sales: $247,000, November 2020; $35,000, February 2002
HOA: $55/month

Glencoe is a National Register historic district and one of Burlington’s local historic districts. Although it’s outside the city limits, it’s within the city’s zoning jurisdiction. The listing appeared with only one photo.

2473 Glencoe Street, Glencoe Mill Village, Alamance County

$370,000
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,856 square feet, 0.33 acre
Price/square foot: $199
Built in 1885
Last sale: $260,013, May 2021
HOA: $55/month

Although this one is considerably more expensive than the other two, on a per-foot basis it’s very comparable to the much smaller 2456 Glencoe.

June 13, 2024

A Beautifully Restored 1916 Cottage in Carthage, $462,900

303 McReynolds Street, Carthage, Moore County

$462,900
5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,930 square feet (per county), 0.56 acre
Price/square foot: $158
Built in 1916
Last sale: 1946, price not recorded on deed
Neighborhood: Carthage Historic District (NR)

Listing: “The Addison Spencer House exhibits details from the Craftsman style, combined with modest references to Colonial Revival and is a proud testament to Carthage’s rich architectural heritage.”

June 13, 2024

An 1890 Farmhouse Project on 9 acres Near Yanceyville, $168,000

405 Old N.C. Highway 86, Yanceyville, Caswell County

3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,284 square feet, 9.79 acres (two lots)
Price/square foot: $131
Last sale: $175,000, September 2021
Neighborhood: Located just north of the Yanceyville city limits

The listed price is less than what the owner paid in 2021. The house is partly gutted and appears to be a yet another restoration project being abandoned.

June 12, 2024

A Relatively Affordable Home in Mount Airy with Remarkable Interior Details, $289,900

520 Country Club Road, Mount Airy, Surry County

$289,900
5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,556 square feet, 0.54 acre
Price/square foot: $113
Built in 1920 (per county, but maybe as much as 20 years later, see note)
Last sales: $229,000, March 2022; $4,950, October 1945
Neighborhood: Country Club Estates Historic District (NR)

The interior, especially the bedrooms, retains some striking historic detail. The house is across the street from the Mount Airy Country Club golf course. The property includes an attached 1-bedroom, 1-bathroom apartment built in 1986 and a detached two-car garage.

June 12, 2024

A 1908 Boarding House in High Point with A Puzzling Price, $750,000

108 Oakwood Street, High Point

$750,000 (originally $325,000, later $319,000, then $410,000)
13 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 4,224 square feet, 0.48 acre
Price/square foot: $178
Built in 1910
Listed September 8, 2022; relisted June 12, 2024
Last sale: $110,000, November 2016
Neighborhood: Oakwood Historic District (NR)

Originally listed in 2022 at $325,000; now relisted at $750,000. For this house in this location (and with Wimbledon coming up), the price makes me think of John McEnroe. Previous listing: “Huge home being used as a 13 room rooming house but can easily be used as a 11-12 room single family home.”

June 10, 2024

Two Houses on Large Lots Near Lexington

303 Bill Lohr Road, Lexington, Davidson County

$399,000
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,824 square feet, 0.88 acre
Price/square foot: $219
Built in 1920
Last sale: $260,000, July 2021

Located south of I-85, about 5 miles south of Lexington. It has a Lexington mailing address. The property includes a detached in-law cottage with a kitchen, bathroom and laundry hookup and a two-car garage with space for storage or a workshop.

7473 Old U.S. Highway 52, Lexington, Davidson County

$350,000
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,468 square feet, 1.36 acres
Price/square foot: $142
Built in 1930
Last sale: $241,200, August 2020

Located north of Welcome, about 7 1/2 miles north of Lexington. North Davidson High School is one house away. The property has a Lexington mailing address.

June 9, 2023

Two 1930s Bungalows in Randolph County

305 S. Fayetteville Street, Liberty, Randolph County

$339,000
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,257 square feet, 0.9 acre
Price/square foot: $150
Built in 1930
Last sale: $200,000, June 2015
Neighborhood: Liberty Historic District (NR)

District NR nomination: “The Jim Deaton house is the best example of the Bungalow-Craftsman style present in the district.”

429 Worth Street, Asheboro, Randolph County

$209,900
3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,330 square feet, 0.17 acre
Price/square foot: $158
Built in 1935
Last sale: $88,000, August 1999

June 9, 2024

Two Restoration Projects in Rural Areas

10811 N.C. Highway 119, Caswell County

$265,410
4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,375 square feet, 2.86 acres
Price/square foot: $193
Built in 1909
Listed June 1, 2024
Last sale: $80,000, October 2016
Neighborhood: Located about 13 miles north of Mebane in Caswell County

The property includes three wells, a smoke house, a three-level barn, a metal workshop, greenhouse, fruit trees (apple, figs, pear and plum) nut trees (pecan and walnut) and grape vines. A 1957 deed describes the property as, “being the identical land on which sits the two story building, known as Fitch & Hurdle store, or the old Masonic Hall.”

2163 Old Thomasville Road, Davidson County

$250,000
3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,438 square feet, 5.56 acres
Price/square foot: $174
Built in 1910
Listed June 3, 2024
Last sale: $58,000, December 1984

Located in rural Davidson County just south of Wallburg, about 12 miles from Winston-Salem and 11 miles from High Point. It has a Winston-Salem mailing address.

June 8, 2024

Two Intriguing Houses in Wilkes County

811 F Street, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County

$175,000
5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,570 square feet, 0.19 acre
Price/square foot: $68
Built in 1900
Last sale: $178,000, December 2008

Needs work, but it may livable (“a blank canvas for your design dreams”). The list price is less than the owner paid more than 15 years ago.

104 S. West Street, Wilkesboro, Wilkes County

$325,000
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,649 square feet, 0.13 acre
Price/square foot: $197
Built in 1940
Last sale: $55,000, July 2023 (one of two properties sold, separate prices not broken out)
Neighborhood: Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District (local and NR)

The house is at the corner of South West Street and West South Street. The house was the office of the local chapter of the American Red Cross from 1991 to 2012.

June 5, 2024

A circa 1920 House in the Reidsville Historic District, $269,000

419 Piedmont Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County
The Charles Swann House (chez Swann?)

$269,000
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,688 square feet, 0.31 acre
Price/square foot: $100
Built ca. 1920
Last sale: $20,000, April 1973
Neighborhood: Old Post Road Historic District (local), Reidsville Historic District (NR)

County records give the date as 1947, which appears to be clearly wrong. The NR nomination says circa 1920.

June 5, 2024

Edward Lowenstein’s Commencement House III in Sedgefield, $825,000

3307 Gaston Road, Sedgefield, Guilford County
Commencement House III
The Herbert and Nancy Downs Smith House
Blog post (2022) — A 1964 House in Sedgefield Designed by Edward Lowenstein and 22 UNCG Undergraduates, $765,000

$825,000 (originally $765,000)
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 4,088 square feet, 1.6 acres
Price/square foot: $202
Built in 1965
Last sale: $359,000, October 2009

One of Edward Lowenstein‘s “Commencement Houses,” the three homes designed by Lowenstein and his students at the Women’s College (which had become UNCG by the time this one was built).

June 5, 2024

Historic-District Bungalows in Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem

328 Vintage Avenue, Winston-Salem

$325,000
2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,290 square feet, 0.19 acre
Price/square foot: $252
Built in 1922
Last sales: $310,000, October 2022; $276,000, September 2021
Neighborhood: Washington Park Historic District

713 West Street, Winston-Salem

$425,000
3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms and 2 half-baths, 2,019 square feet
Price/square foot: $211
Built in 1920
Last sales: $386,000, May 2021; $182,000, November 2007
Neighborhood: West Salem Historic District

603 W. Parkway Avenue, High Point

$449,000
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,605 square feet, 0.32 acre
Price/square foot: $172
Built in 1920 (per county, but probably several years later; see note)
Last sale: $108,500, May 2000
Neighborhood: Emerywood, Uptown Suburbs Historic District (NR)

312 S. Chapman Street, Greensboro
Blog post — 312 S. Chapman Street: Here’s Your Chance (Again!) (August 2, 2020)

$759,000
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,318 square feet
Price/square foot: $327
Built in 1939
Last sales: $500,000, September 2020; $452,500, April 2018
Neighborhood: Sunset Hills Historic District (NR)

It’s a very nice house in a great neighborhood, but county records show the property having an unusually busy history. It has been sold six times in the past 19 years. In the past 38 years, the house has been sold 11 times. In the previous 44 years, it had just two owners.

June 2, 2024

An 1895 Farmhouse Near asheboro, $255,000

1756 Lassiter Mill Road, Cedar Grove, Randolph County

4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 2,504 square feet, 2.28 acres
Price/square foot: $102
Built in 1895
Last sale: $1,100, November 1951

Located near the Cedar Grove community, about 7 1/2 miles west of Asheboro. It has an Asheboro mailing address. The house features an incongruous two-story portico on the front of the house that appears to have been added long after the house was built. Needs work — “Home is sold ‘As Is’ and does offer some future projects to bring it to its best potential.”